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About Ibn Haldun
Ibn Khaldun (1332 – 1406) was a statesman, diplomat, scholar, sociologist and judge. His masterpiece Muqaddimah “Introduction” also bears testimony to his skills in some other fields such as economy and poetry too. He is not only considered a philosopher of history but also the first one. Ibn Khaldun defined civilization as a “corporate social actor,” turning it into an individual discipline, and studied the behavior and reactions of civilizations under different circumstances.
He often served as a high judge in the multi-civilizational societies that extended from Andalusia and Morocco to Egypt and Syria. For this reason, a multi-civilizational social order is accepted in his Muqaddimah as an incontrovertible reality, and there is no mention of encouraging Islam’s obliteration of other civilizations in order to exercise hegemony over them. Ibn Khaldun’s Ilm al-Umran al-Bashari (Science of Human Civilization) and western classical sociology have dealt with and studied the dimensions of change.
The scholar, who was raised up by the Islamic civilization that app
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Ibn Khaldun: His Life and Works
by Muhammad Hozien Published on: 15th October 2010
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Economy - Ibn Khaldun - Muhammad Hozien - Philosophy - Politics -Abd al-Rahman ibn Khaldun, the well known historian and thinker from Muslim 14th-century North Africa, is considered a forerunner of original theories in social sciences and philosophy of history, as well as the author of original views in economics, prefiguring modern contributions. In the following detailed and documented article, Muhammad Hozien outlines the bio-bibliography of Ibn Khaldun and presents insights into his theories, especially by comparing his analysis with that of Thucydides, and by characterizing Ibn Khaldun's view on science and philosophy.
by Dr Muhammad Hozien*
Table of contents
1. General biography of Ibn Khaldūn
1.1 Childhood and early years
1.2 Tunisia and Morocco
1.3 Escape from Morocco to Spain
1.4 From Spain to Tunisia
1.5 Adventures in North Africa
1.6 To Egypt
1.7 Meeting Tamerlane
1.8 Final d
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Ibn Khaldun
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| Born | Abdul Rahman Ibn Khaldun 27 May 1332 Tunis, Tunisia |
| Died | 17 March 1406 (aged 73) Cairo, Egypt |
| Known for | Being an influential Arab Thinker. |
Ibn Khaldun (; Arabic: أبو زيد عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن خلدون الحضرمي, Abū Zayd ‘Abd ar-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Khaldūn al-Ḥaḍramī; 27 May 1332 – 17 March 1406) was an influential Arab thinker of the 14th century. His family were from Andalusia. Khaldun served the governments of the day in many ways. He was sometimes in prison. He lived in Marrakesh in Morocco for a time, and in Granada. Then he moved to Cairo, where he was a judge.
The most famous book Khaldun wrote is the Kitāb al-ʻIbar (Book of Lessons), a history of the world. The first part, Muqaddimah (Introduction) is often used alone. This book is often credited as inventing sociology. He also wrote his autobiography.
Ibn Khaldun lived a life in search of stability and influence. He came from a family of scholars and politicians and he intended to live up to both expectations. He wo
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